| Spacecraft name | StudSat-1 (Student Satellite-1) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 1U |
| Status | Was semi-operational until 2010-08-12. Beacon was heard for about one month. |
| Launched | 2010-07-12 |
| NORAD ID | 36796 |
| Deployer | Unknown |
| Launcher | PSLV |
| Organization | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | India |
| Partners | ISRO |
| Oneliner |
Educational space systems engineering and CMOS camera. |
| Description |
Promote space technology in educational institutions and encourage research and development in miniaturized satellites; introduce students at undergraduate level to space technology, demonstrate a successful inter-state, interuniversity, inter-disciplinary and interdepartmental participation in a single project, develop leadership qualities and scientific temperament among students. As a payload STUDSAT consists of a CMOS panchromatic camera. The entire architecture of the satellite was centred on the payload. The objective of this system was to obtain a monochrome image of the Earth with resolution of 90 meters covering a swath of 65 km x 45 km. |
| Sources | [1] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
| Keywords | First CubeSat of country |
| On the same launch |
Last modified: 2024-05-29
